Where we share the beauty of the changing seasons on our 48 acre off grid homestead in the Cariboo Chilcotin. Where Touch Wood Rings are created, and where we live and work and play. 'The Homestone' is the name of the boulder that marks the entrance to our place.

The Homestone

Saturday, October 08, 2016

First snowfall ~ October on the meadow

October on the meadow

October 8th ~ Saturday morning on the meadow. We awoke to a grey day that soon turned into our first snowfall of the year. It's almost noon as I write this post, and there is actually a wee bit of accumulation. We're ready too, I think. For the most part. And that's mostly thanks to the guys. David and Vincent got the plow ready, the travel trailer drained and pinked up with antifreeze and put away under cover for the winter. Equipment shuffled around ~ that kind of thing. Vince has been working on firewood and myriad other things that need to be buttoned up before we're up to our armpits in snow.Our little dog is experiencing her first ever snowflakes ~ I hope she learns to love romping in the snow as we do have a longish winter.

Wishing one and all a very Happy Canadian Thanksgiving weekend!

Fun Factoid :) The origins of Canadian Thanksgiving are
more closely connected to the traditions of Europe than of the United
States. Long before Europeans settled in North America, festivals of thanks and
celebrations of harvest took place in Europe in the month of October. The
very first Thanksgiving celebration in North America took place in Canada
when Martin Frobisher, an explorer from England, arrived in
Newfoundland in 1578. He wanted to give thanks for his safe arrival to the New
World. That means the first Thanksgiving in Canada was celebrated 43 years
before the pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts!